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Nhl Salary Arbitration Tracker: Who Filed, Hearing Dates And Results

The hearing dates are out for NHL salary arbitration cases and one player reached a settlement on Monday, July 13.

That was Buffalo Sabres forward Payton Krebs, who agreed to a four-year, $18 million ($4.5 salary cap hit) deal well before his scheduled Aug. 1 hearing. Krebs, who gets a bump from his previous $1.45 million cap hit, had his first 82-game season and sets career bests in goals (12), assists (27) and points (39).

Settling early is typical during the salary arbitration hearing season, which runs from July 20 to Aug. 1 in Toronto. Both sides try to work out deals before the hearings.

This year, 15 restricted free agents filed to have an independent arbitrator determine their next contract. Both sides file salary requests and the arbitrator can award either number but often does something between.

The most interesting case is Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson, who made $7.75 million in his last deal and is due a big raise after a 96-point season. The record arbitration award was $7.5 million to future Hall of Famer Shea Weber in 2011.

Here are the salary arbitration dates, per puckpedia.com:

Monday, July 20

Jamie Drysdale, Philadelphia

Cole Perfetti, Winnipeg

Wednesday, July 22

Trevor Zegras, Philadelphia

Thursday, July 23

Jet Greaves, Columbus

Saturday, July 25

Xavier Bourgault, Ottawa (settled, one year, $850,000)

Jason Robertson, Dallas

Connor McMichael, St. Louis